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  • Declining International Cooperation on Pesticide Regulation

    Frittering Away Food Security

    by May T. Yeung, William A. Kerr, Blair Coomber, Matthew Lantz, Alyse McConnell ...
    Series series Economics and Finance (R0)
    This Palgrave Pivot investigates barriers to international agricultural trade caused by a lack of standardized maximum residue levels (MRL) for pesticides. Given the preponderance of pesticide use in food production and the increasing disruptions to trade, a better understanding of the reasons for the decline in international cooperation, the trade impacts, and potential solutions is critical. ... Read more

    $70.99 CAD

  • Regulating Health Foods

    Policy Challenges and Consumer Conundrums

    by Jill E. Hobbs, Stavroula Malla, Eric K. Sogah, May T. Yeung ...
    With ageing populations, rising incomes and a growing recognition of the link between diet and health, consumers are interested in new food products, supplements and ingredients with purported health benefits. The food industry has responded with new food innovations, formulations and enhancements that comprise the growing health food market, manifesting the need to design regulatory frameworks to ... Read more

    $41.99 CAD

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  • The First Year: Type 2 Diabetes

    An Essential Guide for the Newly Diagnosed

    by Gretchen Becker ...
    Series series Marlowe Diabetes Library
    Diabetes is one of the fastest growing diseases in the world; the American Diabetes Association reports that 1.7 million new diagnoses are made each year. After her own diagnosis, Gretchen Becker became a "patient-expert," educating herself on every aspect of type 2 diabetes and eventually compiling everything she had learned into this step-by-step guidebook for others. Now in its third edition, ... Read more

    $15.99 CAD

  • The Economics of Beer

    Edited by Johan F.M. Swinnen ...
    Beer has been consumed across the globe for centuries and was the drink of choice in many ancient societies. Today it is the most important alcoholic drink worldwide, in terms of volume and value. The largest brewing companies have developed into global multinationals, and the beer market has enjoyed strong growth in emerging economies, but there has been a substantial decline of beer consumption ... Read more

    $23.99 CAD

  • The Fertile Earth – Nature's Energies in Agriculture, Soil Fertilisation and Forestry

    Volume 3 of Renowned Environmentalist Viktor Schauberger's Eco-Technology Series

    by Viktor Schauberger ...
    Translated by Callum Coats ...
    How does nature work? When one looks closely at the enormously complex web of life, it is impossible not to be caught by the wonder of how all living things – including rocks and crystals – are interconnected. Just as there is thought behind action, so there is energy behind matter. The Fertile Earth, the third volume of the Eco-Technology series which presents the original, passionate and ... Read more

    $10.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • A Big Fat Crisis

    The Hidden Forces Behind the Obesity Epidemic - and How We Can End It

    by Deborah Cohen ...
    Obesity is the public health crisis of the twenty-first century. Over 150 million Americans are overweight or obese, and across the globe an estimated 1.5 billion are affected. In A Big Fat Crisis, Dr. Deborah A. Cohen has created a major new work that will transform the conversation surrounding the modern weight crisis. Based on her own extensive research, as well as the latest insights from ... Read more

    $13.99 CAD

  • Australia's Role in Feeding the World

    The Future of Australian Agriculture

    Edited by Blagrove, Hundloe, Ditton ...
    Earth's human population currently exceeds 7 billion, and by the year 2050 our planet will have at least two billion more mouths to feed. When faced with providing food for so many people, the idea is often advanced that Australia will become the 'food bowl' of Asia. Australia currently grows enough food to feed about three times its population and agricultural exports are important to our economy ... Read more

    $50.99 CAD

  • Farmhouse Cheeses of Ireland

    by Glynn Anderson, John McLaughlin ...
    Ireland is home to a range of cheeses whose excellence is recognised internationally. At the forefront are farmhouse cheesemakers whose world is explored here for the first time in a comprehensive guide to the producers and the cheeses they make. Each cheese is described in detail, its characteristics such as colour, texture, aroma and flavour. Cheese facts are presented with easy-to-read icons ... Read more

    $11.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Economics and Organization of Brazilian Agriculture

    Recent Evolution and Productivity Gains

    by Fabio Chaddad ...
    The Economics and Organization of Brazilian Agriculture: Recent Evolution and Productivity Gains presents insights on Brazilian agriculture and its impressive gains in productivity and international competitiveness, also providing insightful examples for global policymakers. In Brazil, as in many countries, many economists and policymakers believe that agriculture is a traditional, low-tech sector ... Read more

    $71.19 CAD

  • Feedpads for Grazing Dairy Cows

    by John Moran, Scott McDonald ...
    This book is the first detailed and comprehensive guide to the use of feedpads in the dairy industry, from planning and construction to day-to-day management, written especially for farmers. With ongoing droughts and access to water driving up the cost of conserved forages and feeding concentrates, feedpads offer flexible and efficient systems to maximise returns on feeding expensive supplements ... Read more

    $48.99 CAD

  • A Very Different Land

    Memories of Empire from the Farmlands of Kenya

    by Hilary Sunman ...
    In this book, Hilary Sunman considers the day-to-day experience of her father, Owen, who served in the Colonial Agricultural Service from 1928-1950. Weaving together a human and family story, she combines her father's work with her own experience as a development economist to discuss colonial policy. Focusing on themes such as All the the 'White Highlands', race, colonial leadership, and the rise ... Read more

    $78.99 CAD

  • Plant Biotechnology and Agriculture

    Prospects for the 21st Century

    Edited by Arie Altman, Paul Michael Hasegawa ...
    As the oldest and largest human intervention in nature, the science of agriculture is one of the most intensely studied practices. From manipulation of plant gene structure to the use of plants for bioenergy, biotechnology interventions in plant and agricultural science have been rapidly developing over the past ten years with immense forward leaps on an annual basis. This book begins by laying ... Read more

    $183.19 CAD